I am currently in Minnesota celebrating the high school graduation of a very special young man. I got to know Thomas nearly ten years ago. I spent five years with him on an almost daily basis. In that time he taught me so much about autism, and so much about life. I was his "behavior therapist", but in so many ways he was the one teaching me.
In chatting with his mom, I discovered that once Thomas turned 18 (this past April) she had to go to court and actually pay a fee to become his legal guardian. This seems so absolutely insane to me. Does it to anyone else?
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